Re: [NTLK] OMP Battery Cage, series, parallel or both?

From: Andrew Smallshaw <andrews_at_sdf.lonestar.org>
Date: Sun Jun 18 2006 - 14:12:52 EDT

On Sun, Jun 18, 2006 at 03:18:51PM +0100, Joel M. Sciamma wrote:
>
> Fully charged, parallel connected NiCds would be entertaining (for a
> very short time) so they are all in series.

This is a little off topic but there are times when you can get away
with cells connected in parallel under heavy load - your Newt will not
come close to providing the required load for this to be even a remotelyi
good idea.

> However, charging NiCds or NiMH cells in series is not such a good
> plan, despite many vendors still doing it, so your custom cell holder
> should be capable of having the cells replaced easily and charged in
> a proper external charger.

Charging in series is fine, with one proviso -they must all be matched
cells. Generally this means brand new, identical cells permanently
wired before even the first charge. Difficulties arise when series
charging different cells, or identical cells that have had different
amounts of use.

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